Support for spinning-spindles



(No Model.)

T. B. FLANDERS. SUPPORT FOR SPINNING SPINDLES.

. Patented Feb." 20, 1894,

a Ill! Ewen/Z67, M 4- WMOQM UNITED STATES l a'rnr't TIMOTHY B. FLANDERS,OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUPPORT FOR SPINNING-SPINDLES SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 515,203, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed June 12, 1893. Serial No. 4'7'L 0- We model.)

To ttZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY B. FLANDERS, acitizen of the United States,residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports forSpinning-Spindles, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in spinning spindles and supportstherefor, the object being to provide a spindle and bearings which willproduce as satisfactory results as obtained from the use of any otherspindle, the same being attained more cheaply, the spindle support beingmore readily adjusted in the frames for use, and requiring less than theusual care in running and lubrication.

. The invention consists in constructions and combinations of parts, allsubstantially as will hereinafter fully appear and be set forth in theclaims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which this invention isillustrated,Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view through thesupporting'portions of the spindle. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section takenon the line 22, Fig. 1,Fig. 3 being a horizontal section taken on theline 33, of said Fig. 1.

In the drawings A represents the supporting case or holder which is inthe form of a straight tube the bore being properly internally formed toreceive the step c for thespindle, B. The tube, A, is externallyscrewthreaded, as at a, toward its upper end, and toward its lower endalso has the screwthreads, 17. Around the upper screw-threaded portionis the annular groove, 01, from which inwardly extends the radialgroove, f, which communicates with the interior of the tube which formsthe bearing for the spindle step. The tube is set through the hole, a,in the rail, D, receiving on the lower screw-threaded part the nut, g.The tube receives, with a screwthread-engagement, next above the rail,the centrally apertured and screw-tapped plate, G, which has an annulargroove, h, Within its upper face, the outer boundary of said groovebeing higher than the inner, and there is across the inner boundary ofsaid groove a short duct, 7L2, which leads to the said annular groove,d, around the support tube, A.

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boundary of the aforesaid groove, h, of the plate, G. This cap has thecomparatively deep annular groove, 2', Within its upper side with thehole, j, leading from the base there- 'of to carry the oil or lubricatorwhich is deposited in the said groove, t', down into the reservoirgroove, h, from which it may pass, as required, to groove, (Z, of thetube and through the radial passage, f, to the interior for lubrieatingthe spindle-step. The lubricator passing at once down into the groove,h, in the plate, G, is kept free from dirt or extraneous matter, andthus nothing but perfectly clean oil, 850., is delivered to the bearingparts re- The cap, H, resting on the outer higher boundary of the plate,as manifest, is the means of the stated exclusion of foreign matter fromthe bearings.

As manifest, the spindles and supports therefor may be very quickly andreadily set up and adjusted, and by the arrangement shown and describedthe supply of oil is always near the upper bearing for the spindle whereit is most requisite.

I make the spindles with the groove, m, and pass a pin, n, through thewall of the tube at the screw-threaded portion thereof which is coveredby plate, G, so that when the parts are assembled, said plate preventsthe displacement of the pin, while the pin, in turn, as obvious,prevents the spindle from being drawn out from the tubular holder, A.

.Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a spindle support, the combination with the tubular support forthe spindle, havthreads, the annular groove, (1, and the radial passage,f, leadinginwardly from said groove, of the centrally apertured andthreaded plate, G, having the annular groove, h, within its top, theouter boundary of which is higher than the inner, and having the duct, hthe centrally apertured and screw-threaded cap, H, screwing onto thetube and resting on the outer borderof said groove, h, and having thegroove in its top, and the vertical hole, j, all arranged substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with the rail of the spindle and tubular supporttherefor which has the external screw-threads, a and b, the annulargroove, 01, and the radial passage, f, the plate, G, centrally aperturedand screw-threaded, with the groove, 72, in its top and short duct, h,the centrally apertured and screw-threaded cap, H, with the annulargroove, "5, in its top, and the vertical duct, 3', and the clamp nut, g,all arranged as shown for the purposes set forth.

TIMOTHY B, FLANDER S.

Witnesses:

H. A. GHAPIN, WM. S. BELLOWS.

